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Police Blotter: Knock-Knock. Who’s There? Bang.
Crime is a constant feature of video games writing. Somewhere, someone is doing something illicit with them—sometimes comically stupid, sometimes tragic. Games and consoles are currency, objects of dispute, sometimes even weapons themselves. Kotaku‘s Police Blotter is here to round up the latest in games crime. The Victim Knocks Twice FREDERICK, Md.—An 18-year-old was sentenced…
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And Here are Four More Screenshots of Call of Duty: Ghosts
Yes, Riley Call of Duty Dog is in one of them. What’s more, one is entitled “Federation Day Rappel,” (below) a curious little tease of the continuity surrounding the game’s campaign mode. Remember, this game takes place in the future in a wholly separate canon; the events of Modern Warfare 3 have nothing to do…
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Watch the Call of Duty: Ghosts Big Pre-E3 Gameplay Showcase Right Here
A pre-E3 “all-access” event for Call of Duty: Ghosts is kicking off moments from now, showing off new gameplay footage from several of the game’s campaign levels. You can watch all of it right here. This 30-minute stream will also include behind-the-scenes details and interviews with Infinity Ward, the studio behind this year’s edition of…
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Redbox Takes a Mild Shot at Xbox One, PS4 Over Used-Game Concerns
While the rent-by-mail service GameFly is keeping quiet on what Xbox One may mean to its future, the kiosk rental service Redbox has begun a modest lobbying campaign to remind gamers that game rentals, used games, even taking them to a friend’s home are in serious jeopardy under the new console generation. A barebones site…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: The Power of Wub
Previewed hilariously in this video a month ago, the Dubstep Gun from Saints Row IV finally got a good clean exploitable image this week, making it a no-brainer for the Kotaku ‘Shop Contest. Remember, if it’s not wub, then it’s the womp that will bring us together. Real simple mandate—use the following in any image…
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Sunday Comics: The Original Kings of Comics
Welcome to Kotaku‘s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics, chosen by our readership. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon in the lower right corner. Virtual Shackles by Jeremy Vinar and Mike Fahmie. Published June 5. Read more of Virtual Shackles Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and Mike…
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Leaked Images of Battlefield 4 Alpha Give Many Hints of New Features
About five dozen images, purportedly from an alpha test of Battlefield 4‘s Xbox 360 version, found their way onto the Internet early this morning. A thorough deconstruction of their contents, by Reddit, give up weapons, vehicles, player classes and other details, though being an alpha version, any of that could change. Their origin is unknown,…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Rolling Wonder: The Winners
America’s heartland has produced many great things on wheels, none greater than the pride of Youngstown, Ohio—the X-Box—the most ludicrously mobile operating base since the S.H.I.E.L.D. helicarrier. There are 17 more ridiculous uses our ‘Shop artists thought up for it, led by overall No. 1 silentstrife! For starters, here’s what everyone was working with: And…
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You Can Bark Orders to Call of Duty‘s Happy Scrappy Hero Pup
Though he practically upstaged the Xbox One at its own reveal event, don’t expect Call of Duty Dog to slink off into a corner during E3 week. He’s not going to be eye candy or a prop in Call of Duty: Ghosts‘ singleplayer campaign. If anything, developer Infinity Ward is doubling down on the Dog.…
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Assassin’s Creed‘s Creator Sues Ubisoft for Control of His Next Game
Patrice Désilets, the creator of Assassin’s Creed, is suing Ubisoft for about $400,000 and control of the game 1666, which he had been building for THQ until it went bankrupt and sold the project to his former employer. Last month, Désilets said he was fired from Ubisoft, the publisher for whom he had worked until…
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Seven Years Later, Sony’s CEO Doesn’t Mind All the Memes
From five-hundred ninety-nine U.S. dollars and Riiiiiiidge Racer seven years ago to more flattering presentations today, Sony CEO Kazuo Hirai has been one of the gaming industry’s most .gif-able and meme-able public figures. Hirai wants you to know he’s cool with that. Of course, Hirai might be sanguine because Microsoft is gettin’ toe up about…
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A Pair of Kings: NBA 2K14 Gets LeBron James for Its Cover
Solidly established as professional basketball’s best player and a mortal lock for the hall of fame, LeBron James, after 10 years as an A-list superstar, will finally appear on the cover of a video game when NBA 2K14 hits shelves this autumn. 2K Sports has made a practice of luring MVPs of the present and…
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Forcibly-Ported Indie Game to Get ‘Enhanced Director’s Cut’ for PC
The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile, an Xbox 360-only indie game that a Russian pirate “ported” over to PC as “a restoration of justice” will get an official PC release, the game’s studio said this evening. Ska Studios said a PC version of Vampire Smile had always been envisioned since the game released in 2011, but the…
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The Last Sports Stars of Video Games’ Cartridge Era [Corrected]
Monday, Jason Kidd gave the NBA his retirement notice. He and Grant Hill were the only active players this year that appeared in NBA Jam: Tournament Edition from 1994. Like veterans of a long-ago war, day by day we are losing the athletes of video gaming’s cartridge era. These are the last of them. In…
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As compensation for its “longest downtime in quite a while,” EVE Online is giving active accounts 50,000 unallocated skill points. Trial accounts got an extra week. “If you hear of someone doing or planning something bad, even if it’s your friend, we do have the PLEX for snitches program,” publisher CCP said.
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Hacker Ports Xbox 360 Game to PC, Calls It ‘Justice’
Some Russian hacker, unilaterally deciding that PC gamers have the inalienable right to play the 2011 Xbox 360 game The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile (pictured), just up and ported the thing, saying “This is not piracy, this is restoration of justice.” According to a translation of the GameDev.ru forums, the hacker, named Barabus, said “the authors…
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Shadow of the Eternals Stops Kickstarter, Plans to Restart It
The crowdfunding campaign for Shadow of the Eternals, a sequel to Eternal Darkness, has been suspended, says Precursor games, the studio formed from the ashes of original developer Silicon Knights. Precursor says they’ll “be re-launching the Kickstarter in just a few short weeks.” The reason for the suspension is “a host of new exciting opportunities…
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